Archives of Posts About Italy
Meet the Artist: Eva Trentin
23 April 2022: Presenting the artist Eva Trentin from Marano Vicentino and her artistic journey with organic materials like leaves, flowers and tree-barks for create fossil-like imprints ... Read More »»
Favourite Artworks from PaperMade-5
8 December 2021: Presenting 20 of my favourite art-works from the beautiful 5th PaperMade biennial Art Exhibition held in Palazzo Fogazzaro in Schio (Italy) ... Read More »»
Journeys of Discovery
17 October 2021: A journey of self-discovery through a water-colours workshop and a journey of discovering the surroundings through an emotional mapping walk ... Read More »»
Epochal Mutations Art Exhibition
13 October 2021: My favourite art works from Epochal Mutations, an contemporary art exhibition of local artists held in Palazzo Fogazzaro of Schio (VI), Italy in September 2021 ... Read More »»
Discovering Schio's Water-Canal
18 May 2021: The history and development of the beautiful water-canal of Schio in Italy, which was built almost one thousand years ago and continues to play an important role in the city's life Read More »»
Venice, the City of Water
25 March 2021: A post about a little poem by the Italian poet Chiara Carminati about Venice, which celebrates its 1600th anniversary of foundation this year. Read More »»
Life in the Plants
08 December 2020: A visit to a Bonsai exhibition in Schio, reminded me of a nature visit to a forest in Bologna many years ago. A reflection about life of the plants and about the forces of nature - Read More »»
Unusual Vicenza: Discovering the Magic
26 October 2020: About visiting Vicenza in the north-east of Italy and discovering its history, art and culture through some unusual guided walking tours - Read More »»
Snakes, Merchants, & Emigrants
15 October 2020: Gun Island - the latest book by Amitabh Ghosh starts from a fable in the Sundarbans and goes on to explore the journeys of emigrants to Italy and Europe Read More »»
10 Things to do in Schio
05 September 2020: If you are visiting Schio (VI) in the north-east of Italy, a list of 10 places for sight-seeing in or near the city centre Read More »»
Searching for the Dragon Bones
16 July 2020: Tracy Chevalier's book "Strange Creatures", discovery of fossils and dinosaur bones in 19th century England and similar discoveries in medieval Bologna ... Read More »»
A Creativity Megahub
24 May 2020: About a centre in Schio (Italy) where you can learn about innovative technologies and where budding entrepreneurs can find support ... Read More »»
Papermade
2019-20: Paper Art: Presenting 15 of my favourite art works from the 4th edition of
the biannual Papermade exhibition in Schio, Italy. (05
January 2020). Read more >>>
Memories of
2019 Journeys: A photo-essay about the most significant moments from my travels to
different countries during 2019. (01
January 2020). Read more >>>
Baby in the
Womb - Amazing Anatomy Models: About an exhibition of 18th century human anatomy models showing babies growing in their
mothers' wombs from Poggi Science Museum in Bologna, Italy (09
November 2019). Read more >>>
Unforgettable,
Beautiful Evenings: Wondering what makes some memories special to us and sharing 5 memories of
unforgettable evenings from my travels (18
October 2019). Read more >>>
Slim,
Long-Necked Women in Art & Sculpture: Sculptures of the Schio artist Antonio
Capovilla reminded of works by B. Prabha and Amedeo Modgliani and took me back to a nostalgia trip (13
October 2019). Read more >>>
An Accessible
Children's Park in Schio: About the importance of having
parks and playgrounds which are accessible to children and adults with disabilities and the visit
to an accessible children's park in our city, Schio, in north Italy (21
July 2019). Read more >>>
Sareo
Street Art Festival 2018: My favourite ten art works from the open-air art exhibition
held annually in the old city centre of Schio, in the north-east of Italy.
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Papermade
- The Paperart exhibition Part 2: My favourite art exhibits from the Papermade exhibition held in Schio (VI, Italy)
in December 2017. Read more >>>
Papermade
- The Paperart exhibition part 1: My favourite art exhibits from the first Papermade exhibition held in Schio
(VI, Italy). Read more >>>
The Wonderful
World of Steam-Punk: Steam-punk is a literary and artistic current which mixes 18th century technology
to 18th century costumes, resulting in great-looking quirky costumes. This post is
about a group of steam-punk enthusiasts from north-east of Italy.
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The Metal
Sculptures of Mario Converio: Mario is an artist and sculptor from Schio (VI) in the north-east of Italy, where I
live. This post is about his exhibition "Metal Fantasies"
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The Art
of Corrado Meneguzzo: Corrado Meneguzzo is an artist and sculptor living at the top of a mountain in Priabona, a few
kms from our home in Schio. Our local cultural group organised a visit to his home to
talk to him and to see his art. Read more >>>
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